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Clothes: Man wearing a breechclout, carrying a bag and an Ovambo pot, approaching a waterhole, view from behind
Clothes: Man wearing a breechclout, carrying a bag and an Ovambo pot, approaching a waterhole, view from behind
Object Number 2001.29.1560
Display Title Clothes: Man wearing a breechclout, carrying a bag and an Ovambo pot, approaching a waterhole, view from behind
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • Ovambo
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Gautscha
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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/Ti!kay wearing Western clothes, with a red expedition truck reading "Peabody Museum of Harvard University" behind him
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Mangetti Forest